Daedan Olander

Utah

Salt Lake Library’s ‘digital navigators’ helping address tech divide during COVID-19

By Daedan Olander

A dirtbiker rides near the Slickrock Bike Trail in Moab on Saturday, April 18, 2020.

‘Triple whammy from COVID’: How pandemic put vacation spots through the grinder

COVID-19 has changed life dramatically for everyone but has had an inordinate impact on small municipalities that border tourism destinations.

By Daedan Olander

Utah

‘He’s just amazing’: How this swimmer keeps his teammates’ spirits up during a pandemic

By Daedan Olander

Utah

Utah County puts conservation easement on Bridal Veil Falls land after talks of development

By Daedan Olander

Utah

Utah County charter school hopes to help more special needs children with new facility

By Daedan Olander

Hazy air pollution fills the Salt Lake Valley.

Utah

Air pollution peaks linked to lower academic proficiency in Salt Lake County students

By Daedan Olander

Utah

‘We just really wanted a way to give back’: Utah hospital creates care kits for newly homeless

By Daedan Olander

Utah

Salt Lake students rally to return to classrooms as more see failing grades

More than 4,000 junior and high school students had at least one F or incomplete grade during first quarter

By Marjorie Cortez and Daedan Olander

Utah

Meet Josh Rossi, the Utahn helping sick kids transform into superheroes

Josh Rossi became an internet sensation in 2017 when he unveiled his “Justice League Kids” project. He combined his skill in photography with his desire to change the world and created portraits of sick children that made them look like superheroes. He now has plans he hopes will help him go even further.

By Daedan Olander

Utah

New pilot manages emergency landing on freeway — with no injuries or damage

A new Idaho Falls pilot managed to safely land his small plane carrying two people on the I-80 freeway near Park City Saturday after the engine seized. No injuries or damage were reported.

By Daedan Olander and Joe Davis

Utah

One man killed in Sugar House car crash

A vehicle ran a stop sign near Bryan Avenue and 1300 East in Salt Lake City Friday evening, causing a crash and leaving one man dead, police say.

By Daedan Olander

Health

BYU study shows some alcohol-free hand sanitizers effective at fighting COVID-19

A team of BYU researchers tested four commercial disinfectants and proved that each works in combatting COVID-19, despite none of them being alcohol-based.

By Daedan Olander

Utah

‘Art is a universal language’: UVU autism center transitions annual art gallery online

UVU’s Melisa Nellesen Center for Autism has opened its fourth annual Super Spectrum Showcase and Soiree. However, unlike in past years, the event was moved online. The unique art gallery is made up of works created by those who are on the autism spectrum.

By Daedan Olander

Utah

‘What we’re doing is not enough’: How air pollution affects the homeless of Salt Lake County

By Daedan Olander

Utah

Black Friday shopping in Salt Lake City looks different in 2020

By Daedan Olander

Utah

A tragedy, a 1952 Buick and a land-speed record: the revamping of Bombshell Betty

Following Don Cash Jr.’s tragic death while scaling Mount Everest, his friends and family refused to let his final ambitious project go uncompleted. Cash Jr. had purchased a former speed-record setting 1952 Buick and had plans to revamp it, hoping to set a new record with the car and perhaps even push it to 200 mph. His family is now working to make that dream happen.

By Daedan Olander

Utah

How BYU’s work with NASA will allow satellites to take selfies in space

By Daedan Olander

Utah

Say goodbye to the old: Months of demolition underway at Salt Lake airport

Work continues at the Salt Lake City International Airport to demolish the old facilities and make room for all the new ones. The former parking garage is halfway torn down, and the rest of the airport will be demolished by the middle of 2021.

By Daedan Olander

Utah

Study emphasizes need to throw support behind female leaders in Utah

By Daedan Olander

Utah

This second location for Primary Children’s Hospital will ‘bring services closer to home’ for many families

A rapidly growing area, Lehi was chosen for Utah’s second full-service Primary Children’s Hospital to provide quick access for the thousands of families that live there.

By Daedan Olander

Utah

‘Lumen Land’ lights up Salt Lake City in outdoor, COVID-safe exhibit

By Daedan Olander

Utah

Pieces of history or ugly reminders of injustice? Historians discuss monuments’ meaning over time

By Daedan Olander

Lynda Brown, founder of Kids Eat, gives a thumbs-up as she is joined by Dr. Mehmet Oz, Michelle Benedict, founder of Kids Next Door, and other dignitaries as USANA Kids Eat food-packing facility opens in West Valley City on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. To try to eliminate the issue of 1 in 5 Utah kids going home to no food, the organization will pack 1,000 backpacks with food for seven meals in them each week for distribution to 56,000 children in Utah.

Health

Dr. Oz speaks firsthand about importance of early intervention for dementia

Dr. Mehmet Oz of “The Dr. Oz Show” shared his family’s experience dealing with dementia during the Utah stop of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America conference.

By Daedan Olander